FEATURES• Increased Forage Production• Widely adapted• Improved resistance to leaf diseases• Increased yield• lush dark green leaves• Highly palatable & nutritious• Charisma is an ideal companion crop to• Ideal companion crop to annual legumes such as

hairy vetch or field peas• Nutritious feed as silage, green chop or hay

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Charisma Oats

OAT FEATURES Plant type: Annual GrainPlanting dates: March–April forage or grain production; Aug–Oct cover crop or forageSoil pH: 5.5–7.0Soil adaption: Wide range of soilsPlanting depth: 1/2”Approximate seeds/lb: 14,000Seeding rate: 64–96 lbs/ADays to germination: 10Main usage: Cereal grain, nurse crop, cover crop, forage cropHeight at maturity: 3’–5’Length of stand: AnnualReproduces by: SeedPounds per bushel: 32

Charisma has greater tillering per plant resulting in more leafy foliage with broad leaves

Charisma has been developedstrictly for forage utilization

• Spring or fall seed • Grain 64 lb/ac (2 bu/ac)• Forage 100 lb/ac (3 bu/ac), approximately 55-60 days to late boot stage • Nurse crop 32 lb/ac (1 bu/ac)• Cover crop 15-50 lb/ac• Freeze at 20-22oF

Among the cereal grains util-ized for forage, oats are a

highly palatable, low fiber, high protein and high fat

content forage crop.

Has been developed strictly for Forage

Utilization!

has greater tillering per plant resulting in more leafy foliage with broad, lush dark green leaves producing highly palat-able, nutritious feed as silage, green chop or hay.

is a spring seed variety but is suited well as a fall seeded crop withy cold tolerance to 14˚ F. Because of its resis-tance to lodging Charisma is an ideal companion crop to annual legumes such as hairy vetch or field peas.

Unauthorized propagation of this variety is prohibited by law. U.S variety plant protection applied for.

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• Increased Forage Production • Widely adapted • Improved resistance to leaf

diseases• Increased yield

Oat variety Relative maturity 2001-2002 Multiple clipping

(lbs/A)

2001-2002 One-time hay

(lbs/A)

Bob Short 4,451 2,989

Charisma Long 4,932 5,673

Chilocco Short 4,775 3,512

Dallas Short 4,537 3,242

Hytest Medium-short 4,268 3,528

Jerry Short 5,045 3,287

Magnum Long 4,208 5,754

Monida Medium-long 4,862 5,976

Nora Short 4,702 3,513

TAMO 397 Short 4,393 2,735

Troy Medium-long 5,856 5,537

Walken Very long 5,342 5,343

Spring-planted Oat Variety Trial (Lubbock, Texas, 2001-2002)